The fragment contains two key episodes, including the only surviving account about Merlin and the early years of Arthur's ...

The late Tony Benn was born 100 years ago tomorrow. I wish we had more politicians today with his principles and ability. I was very fortunate ...

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered ...

While Haiti was isolated from the world, fictionalized accounts of its only monarch, Henry Christophe, were often written and ...

Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick ...

A new kind of kingdom needed a new kind of queen. The millennium-old and largely forgotten Mathilda of Flanders is being ...

[ The Struggle for Liberty: A Libertarian History of Political Thought by Ralph Raico. Edited by Ryan McMaken. Ludwig von ...

Marlene Daut’s deep dive into Haiti’s first — and only — king reads like a historical novel of a bygone era with Black princes and knights, an elaborate dress code and a palace, Sans-Souci ...

Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick fingers gripping a secret missive, thin lips curled into a truculent frown ...

Much like gender, the space between fantasy and sci-fi is a spectrum. While books like The Lord of the Rings and The ...

The marginalisation of Private Members’ business in Parliament is a commentary on the growth of modern governments. Very few ...

In the wake of Anne’s execution, the King weds Jane Seymour. Marital bliss does nothing to quell Henry’s rage at his daughter, and Cromwell makes a risky play to save Princess Mary from her father’s ...